Hello all. My name is Melissa. I was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas for fifteen years of my life before I lived in Dallas and then made the move to Austin to attend college. I am often called Kansas or Porter by most of my friends. I am excited for class to start picking up (and thrilled we're not using flash). As far as my artistic abilities are concerned, I began painting at a very young age and I think that throughout my life I have tried one expression of art after another. I still paint and play the violin. When I was in middle school I tried my hand at theatre and singing. I was an active theatre student in high school, almost pursing a degree in musical theatre and acting. I miss acting for the stage tremendously. But, something happened in between my junior and senior years of high school and I began directing stage productions. I suddenly had a need to make films. And here I am.
I have just finished up my third year at UT, having completed my undergraduate thesis film, Broken. Unfortunately, I do not have the film up on vimeo yet! I have one more sound mix coming up before I submit to festivals. Once that's done, I'll have the link posted on here.
Right now I am co-producing a television pilot for which I also wrote with a small team. I am directing a music video in August and am in the pre-production stages of my next film, hoping to shoot at the end of July. If any of you are interested in seeing my work, I should have my website up sometime this month, as well as vimeo. I look forward to seeing everyone on Monday.
